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Grab Your Tuna!

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stevienickstophat · 18/03/2015 16:23

This is a thread about reclaiming exercise for those of us who never felt it was for us, or who lost our confidence after childbirth or illness or injury, or just lost our way a little bit regarding looking after ourselves.

This thread is about realising that getting up off the sofa and moving about a bit can be enjoyable, can be done in our pyjamas and can be fitted into lives that are too often lived for the benefit of other people.

This is a thread about firming up our wobbly bits, strengthening our bones, making our joints flexible and lifting our moods, so that the rest of our lives are that little bit easier and more enjoyable.

So, grab your tuna, wrestle yourself into your sports bra and watch out for the Little Differences!

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Moodykat · 20/03/2015 08:51

Yes, well done for doing it Pete. I haven't even tried it!

Cold now gone to chest so STILL feeling really rough. The thing that surprises me is I am really missing the exercise and am champing at the bit to be well enough to start again!

MrsMcGregor · 19/03/2015 22:29

Good on you for doing it Pete. I am not a runner, oh no, but I do keep thinking about it. Am put off by the fact that we live on a busy rural road without pavements .... traffic flies past. Oh, and I would have to pass nosey neighbours further up/down he road Blush. Enjoy your week one repeat!

PeteCampbellsRecedingHairline · 19/03/2015 20:20

I didn't do anything today, no idea where the time went.

MrsMcGregor im finding the jogging quite hard. I don't know if it's my breathing but I'm struggling to catch my breath after the 60 second jogs. I'm repeating week 1!

stevienickstophat · 19/03/2015 18:55

But we can enjoy our treats now, because we've moved about.

Grin
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MrsMcGregor · 19/03/2015 18:52

Amazon Grin ... me too!

I did warm up, legs, tone and sculpt plus box fit today. Legs like jelly afterwards but so glad I did it.

Making up for it now eating Malteser traybakes and drinking tea!

AmazonGrace · 19/03/2015 18:39

And biggest thanks to Stevie, without you I'd still be sitting at home drinking my wine only thinking of doing something remotely healthy. Wine

AmazonGrace · 19/03/2015 18:38

This thread has definitely encouraged me to do more, thanks each and every one of you for posting and updating, long may it continue.

stevienickstophat · 19/03/2015 18:33

Doing the dvd while dp is in the room led to more sweat and a much redder face. I think I must have been trying to impress him Grin

I'm knackered, but feel really good.

Warm up, tone and burn, fat burner and total stretch. Great stuff.

Well done all - especially those returning after time off. That's got to be a Little Difference in itself, for me - at one time, I'd have given up after the initial flush of enthusiasm.

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HelenaVagBasket · 19/03/2015 18:05

Oh dear. Do NOT have a week off because you don't feel 100% - I just got back in to it and it was so hard! Feel good for doing it again though.

Ledkr · 19/03/2015 18:01

I was stunning doing mine earlier.
Big fluffy hair, slightly whiffy pjs (needed to go in the wash but thought I'd make it worth while) bare feet and a scowl.
Didn't feel at all like Davina.
I am really aching though, might do Zumba tomorrow instead of tonight.
I need to get some decent trainers, any recommendations? I need good shock absorbers for Zumba.

velmadinkly · 19/03/2015 17:48

Saying it as it is and 'keeping it real' dontcha know Grin.

I could go further and talk about the trickle of sweat that creeps from between my norks and up around my neck when I'm doing the abs section but I won't because that's keeping it a bit too real! Wink and you'll all think I'm weird and such and you'll kick me out of the Tuna Club

BuzzardBird · 19/03/2015 15:59

Painting pictures with words again Velma? Ink blot style.Grin

velmadinkly · 19/03/2015 13:53

lala the hardest cardio session is the fitness test one IMO. I only do the cardio's, abs and the tone ones. I don't do legs of any sort because I cycle to and from work 4 times a week, so my legs get the additional work out then.

I must admit, I do consider doing the workout in my pyjamas, but seeing as I don't wear a bra of any sort for bed, jumping around with my norks is definately a no go, therefore, If I have to brave the cold to put on my sports bra I might as well take the bottoms off to put on my some leggings.

There is also another reason for not wearing a top as well as the bra, in that, when I lay on my mat to do the abs, I leave a sweaty mark and I can see if my lower back has been on the mat (it basically leaves a kind of silouette of my sports bra).

PeaceOfWildThings · 19/03/2015 12:16

Grin My pajamas of invisibility are just pajamas that make me uninteresting to athletic types on the exercise boards. See? Nothing! Grin It's great. Left to wobble about anonymously to my heart's content.

lalalonglegs · 19/03/2015 12:12

Oooh, can I join in? My Davina 7 Minute DVD arrived yesterday, just done the Fat Burner. I kind of enjoyed it, wasn't quite as tough as I thought it would be but thighs now a bit ache-y. Which is the hardest of the ten programmes?

patterkiller · 19/03/2015 11:58

Good grief, thought I'd lost you lot. I had a few minutes of cold sweat thinking that there wasn't a new thread. Then I found you all. Yay.
No Davina today so far but just had a mighty long dog walk and thinking of persuading DD1 to join me for Davina later today.

BuzzardBird · 19/03/2015 10:37

Pants I am sporting the Primark sports bra and it is very effective on the larger of norks.

Peace you freaked me out with your 'pyjamas of invisibility' as that's what DD calls them and I wondered if you were my neighbour? Grin

Today, I am mostly wearing;
Primark sports bra
Asda yoga pants (very comfortable)
West Midlands Fire Service TShirt (don't tell them)
Haven't found my trainers yet as somewhere upstairs hidden in renovation project. Need to find so I can put in orthotics (bloody uncomfortable)

I have managed warm up, abs, tone and burn and total stretch today.

stevienickstophat · 19/03/2015 09:57

I think trainers are important, Amazon I wouldn't like to think of anyone getting injured.

Love the sound of the yoga sessions. I might have a look at the link. Thanks for posting that. Love yoga.

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AmazonGrace · 19/03/2015 09:18

Warm up and legs done this morning, think my thighs are feeling less sluggish if that makes sense.

I wear a sports top with support, cheap leggings and trainers. I wear my trainers as when I attempted the shred dvd last year my ankles hurt after doing the jumping jacks, the trainers have added cushion support for my ankles and balls of my feet, which is another area that hurt after shredding. As I'm focussing on my legs and there's a jump involved I wear them, I will wear them for all of the sessions though.

Sorry, gone all serious now we've joined t'other side.

As you were....

stevienickstophat · 19/03/2015 09:12

That sounds ideal, bimandbam Wink

Welcome!

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LittleMissIntrovert · 19/03/2015 09:11

bimandbam that's the beauty of doing it at home, you can wear whatever you like Grin

LittleMissIntrovert · 19/03/2015 09:11

After my first day yesterday, I'm feeling it today at the tops of my legs and the underneath tops of my arms! Enough to feel I've done something, without it being painful if you know what I mean.

I'm going to do some of the legs ones tonight I think.

bimandbam · 19/03/2015 09:01

Place marking until my dvd comes through.

Can I do it in a bfing bra, nightie and big pants if I shut the curtains? With a toddler hung off my leg instead of tuna?

kittenwrestler · 19/03/2015 08:56

We have been the house of poorly so haven't managed anything for the last fortnight. Hope to do some later today.

stevienickstophat · 19/03/2015 08:53

Painting pictures with words, Velma Grin

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